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(1) An Unexpected Party Traditional Cache

Hidden : 5/27/2012
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Geocache is a Medium Lock n Lock, Bring your own Pen. Gate is open from 7am till dusk. All geocaches are located along the trail.

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The Hobbit or There and Back Again Chapter 1 - An Unexpected Party

Thirteen dwarves, led by Thorin, and a wizard called Gandalf visit a hobbit called Bilbo Baggins and invite him on a quest for treasure which is guarded by a dragon.

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BRING WATER, energy foods, sunscreen, bug spray, wear a hat, and good hiking boots, shorts not recommended (path may be overgrown depending on time of year.) NOT RECOMMENDED FOR SMALL CHILDREN, due to steep slopes and sharp drop offs. Also remember your surroundings, rattle snakes, bears, and cougars may be in the area.

All 19 Chapters will take about 4-6 hours to complete (slow and steady hiking). The hike is a very steady and steep incline, you will be hiking 1632 feet uphill, and is 10 km's including return.

Please see https://coord.info/GC3GJK6 for instructions on the runes you can solve while doing this cache series to find the finale. There is NO rune hint at this cache/chapter - they start at the next one.

Congrats to thefamousthree on your FTF.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ebggvat Ybt

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)